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CPO Futures Snap Two-Day Gains To Close Lower
Malaysian palm oil futures fall under fundamental pressure, amplifying the impact on other oil prices
Palm Oil Output Surge In Oct, CPO Price Could Hit RM4500 In Dec: MPOC
Palm oil consumption forecast to increase
CADBURY STOP USE PALM OIL IN CHOCOLATE IN NEW ZEALAND
17/08/2009 (Bernama) - Cadbury in New Zealand has bowed to consumer pressure and agreed to stop using palm oil in its chocolate, it has been widely reported here.
The Case Against Palm Oil
17/08/2009 (Stuff.co.nz) - Public concerns over palm oil were highlighted when Cadbury revealed it had started using palm oil in its chocolate, prompting a consumer backlash.
Palm oil kills orang-utans
17/08/2009 (The Age) - Wild orang-utans are under increasing threat of extinction as their native rainforest habitat is razed for palm oil plantations to supply the world's food and soap product manufacturers.
Developed countries\' demand for biofuels has been \'disastrous\'
17/08/2009 (Guardian.co.uk) - The production of biofuels is fuelling poverty, human rights abuses and damage to the environment, Christian Aid warned today.
Cadbury chocolate and palm oil
16/08/2009 (Two Spoons) - I was sent the following news release from the Greens today, outlining the issue of palm oil use and how consumer backlash has caused Cadbury to stop using it in their chocolate. If you’ve noticed that Cadbury’s chocolate has tasted different (and not in a nice way) lately, it is partly because of the use of palm oil instead of cocoa butter, but thankfully anyone who has noticed has stopped buying the stuff. If you want to know more about palm oil and avoiding it, check out the links at the bottom of the article.
Palm oil futures lower
15/08/2009 (Dawn.com) - Malaysian crude palm oil futures plunged 8.7 per cent on Friday to an 11-1/2-month low as falling crude knocked vegetable oil markets, prompting Chinese and Indian traders to renege on palm contracts.
Oil giants destroy rainforests to make palm oil diesel for motorists
15/08/2009 (The Sunday Times) - Fuel companies are accelerating the destruction of rainforest by secretly adding palm oil to diesel that is sold to millions of British motorists.
MPOB\'S PALM-BASED MOZZARELLA CHEESE TO BE MARKETED SOON
15/08/2009 (Bernama),Serdang - Palm-based mozzarella cheese being produced by the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) is expected to be marketed soon, research officer Dr Karimah Ahmad said today.
Palm oil has become an accurate measure of the global markets
15/08/2009 (The Sunday Times) - For years, economists, along with everyone else, thought of palm oil as exactly what it looked like: a pinkish, sludgy irrelevance. People knew that it was used to make food and soap but everything else about it, including its origins, seemed slightly distasteful.
